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White-on-White Crime: Trump Supporter Aggressively Heckles News Reporter on Camera at Political Event
When you work in journalism, you come to expect that you are going to encounter your fair amount of trolls as you go about your daily job. They are out there, and they are ready to heckle you at every turn—whether their opinions about what you are reporting on are based in fact or not.…
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The Real National Emergency: We Could Run Out of Avocados in 3 Weeks If Trump Shuts Down the US/Mexico Border
Hi, have we met? My name is Monique Judge, and I love avocados. I love avocado in all its forms. I eat tons of guacamole and avocado toast, and I always ask for “extra” avocado whenever I order a dish that comes with avocado in it. If I am making a salad, you can be…
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Activists Call on NC Gov. Roy Cooper to Transfer Kanautica Zayre-Brown to a Women’s Detention Facility
Kanautica Zayre-Brown is a 37-year-old woman who was sentenced to 9 years and 11 months in a North Carolina prison for insurance fraud and “obtaining property by false pretenses.” Zayre-Brown is a post-operative trans woman—believed to be the only post-operative trans inmate in the North Carolina prison system—yet all of her requests to be transferred…
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Donald Trump Decides Cutting Funding to the Special Olympics Isn’t Such a Good Idea After All
After he let his education secretary get flamed by every single person on the planet with compassion in their heart, y’all little “president” has decided to dial back his decision to cut funding for the Special Olympics from the federal budget. As the Washington Post reports, Donald Trump made the decision after he let Betsy…
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Charlotte Police Shoot and Kill an Allegedly Armed Man at Burger King
A 27-year-old man is dead, and protesters are questioning the police’s version of the events that led up to him being shot and killed by a Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officer. Officer Wende Kerl shot and killed Danquirs Napoleon Franklin at a Burger King around 9 a.m. on Monday, according to the Charlotte Observer. Police say Franklin…
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Calvin Desir Is the Second Parkland Shooting Survivor to Die By Suicide in a Week
A second survivor of the February 2018 Parkland mass shooting has committed suicide this week. Police confirmed that 16-year-old Calvin Desir took his own life late Saturday evening, the Miami Herald reports. Desir was the second survivor of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School to die by suicide in a week. 19-year-old Sydney…
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The New Negroes Debuts On Comedy Central Next Month
A show Comedy Central gave the greenlight in 2017 will finally make its way to television next month. The New Negroes stars Baron Vaughn and Open Mike Eagle. And as Vulture reports, it is touted as a hybrid of stand-up comedy sets and live musical performances. There are eight episodes in the first season. Along…
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National Cathedral Politely Calls Donald Trump Out For Being the Liar He Is
Donald Trump is the kind of man who wants credit for everything. Did you breathe this morning? Donald Trump did that. Did the light turn green just as you got to the intersection? Donald Trump did that. Is something that was put into place while another man was president still successful? It doesn’t matter—Donald Trump…
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Colin Kaepernick and Eric Reid Likely Settled With NFL for Less Than $10 Million: Report
What is the price of pushing players out of the National Football League and preventing them from playing again because they silently protested against racial inequality and the pervasive and very real threat of unarmed black men and women being shot and killed by police in the United States with impunity? If you are former…
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Murder Trial Date Set for Former Dallas Police Officer Amber Guyger in the Shooting Death of Botham Jean
Former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger has a trial date for her role in the shooting death of Botham Jean, an unarmed black man. NBC 5 reports that court records show Guyger’s trial will begin Aug. 12. Guyger has been charged with murder in the Sept. 6, 2018 shooting. Guyger and her attorneys were in…
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